The University of Hawaiʻi is growing a native plant in nurseries to prevent the species from going extinct. The Ka palupalu o Kanaloa was last sighted in the wild in 2015 on Kahoʻolawe.
A species of plant declared extinct in the wild on Kahoʻolawe in 2015, has found new life thanks to seeds collected and propagated at by experts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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